Collaborative statistical specification pages

ABSTRACT

A system and method for statistically creating and managing general profiles, is provided in the present invention. The system comprising a plurality of communication devices connected to the internet and one or more computing systems implementing an application server. The method comprising an application server collecting particular profiles of at least one title and one attribute and or value and or associated content created by user accounts on communication devices; Analysing and identifying attributes and values of the profiles and their contents; Statistically creating and updating a general profile based on the received attributes, values and their associated contents, linking back to the related user particular profiles. Contents comprise one or more assets from one or more asset types; asset types include audio, video, images, text and other media files.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Traditional offers for products, services, experiences, etc. are brieflyprofiled into specification lists. These are built from several listeddescribing parameters (“attributes”) and the description of each of thelatter (“values”). However, these lists do not include all the sameattributes different people appreciate or are interested in. Moreover,these lists are not dynamic and only include first hand, one-timecontent, regardless of new reviews, content or contributions other thanthose of the publisher.

Additionally, these specification lists do not include any of thealternative uses for the described products, services, experiences, etc.that may come up later upon usage and or review, nor customizations andor change proposals for the stock offer.

Moreover, these specification lists do not allow for creation of newlists based on other, previous existing lists, to reflect descriptingattributes of a collective offer, sentiment or preference through datamining.

On the other hand, microblogging and blogging services let users uploadcontent as individual posts in a regular chronological order.Furthermore, some services let users label (or “tag”) these posts tocreate links between theirs and those posts of other users with equaltags; thus, creating a collaborative user input group of posts that pileup in chronological order. However, the latter results in crowded listsof posts with no regard for their contents in terms of repetition oraddition from one post to another, thereby, limiting the presentation ofunmined data from collaborative efforts.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PRIOR ART

US patent publication 2013/24757 (Doll & Weskamp) teaches building upand laying out of dynamic news pages with user-generated contentsprovided from a variety of sources. The size-range of the contents areevaluated to determine a score representing suitability for placement inpage slots of a predermined template and the one with the best score isselected.

U.S. Pat. No. 8,612,136 (Levine et al) discloses a method and attendantsystem which dynamically monitor a large quantity of vehicle navigationdevices which are statistically analysed for progressively building(developing) road maps including pathway attributes and associatedvalues such as one- or two-ways, tunnels, roundabaouts, road-surfaceconditions, etc. No specific algorithms are given for the statisticalanalysis.

Other publications disclose use of statistical analysis to developvalues related to specific attirbute. EP patent 1,518,405 (Philips)groups user-profiles according to Vornoi cluster techniques. There is nosuggestion heretofore for creating and dynamically maintainingspecification lists with collaborations randomly inputted by multipleusers or subscribers on the basis of multiple attributes and dynamicallysorting and organising collaborative specification lists throughstatistical analysis of user values, whether objective or subjectiveassociated with the attributes. U.S. Pat. No. 8,401,009 (Dorsey & Stone)discloses formation of user-follower groups for receiving broadcastedmessages in different devices which are transparent to the source.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A general object of the invention is to combine the advantages ofspecification lists and blogging systems.

A further object of the invention is to provide viewable specificationmaterial, designated hereinafter “collaborative specification pages”,comprising assets randomly input by several users over different pointsin time, wherein the assets are associated with specific names (titles)and the pages are dynamically updated by grouping new user content bycarrying out statistical analysis on assets within a same name forpresentation and reviewal by subsequent users browsing the collaborativespecification pages.

According to the present invention, a method and attendant systemconfigured for creating and managing collaborative statistical dynamicspecification pages is provided. An application server is configured toreceive inputs from several users, the inputs comprising specificationlists consisting of names (titles) and corresponding assets which may bestatistically analysable. Defined herein are

-   Specification list: a specification page or profile contributed by a    user for linking with others into a collaborative specification    page. (Although actually a page, “list” is used hereinafter for    users to facilitate reader differentiation from the collaborative    page).-   Titles (names): topics pertaining to the subject of the assets, such    as of an event (a conference, inauguration, race, meeting, etc.,    e.g. “Buenos Aires marathon”), a product (books, lawn-mowers, racing    bikes, herbicides, etc.), a person (sportsman, artist, actor,    politician, etc.), etc.-   Attributes: parameters to which values are associated, such as    price, distance, time, colour, etc.-   Values: scalable data, generally numeric (“$50”, “3h30m”), includes    colours (“red”) and ratings or discrete qualities (“good”,    “regular”, “bad”, “expensive”, etc., including types of values    exemplified in the specification hereinafter.-   Value type: formats for expressing values, e.g. “50 mph” (numeric    type) or “fast” (string type).-   Contents: user-generated media information which may be of different    types like text, images, audio, video, etc.-   Assets: a general term for attributes, values or contents.-   Entry line: a combination of assets.

More particularly, according to the present invention:

-   (a) An application server stores specification pages provided with    titles and attributes with formatted values and associated contents.    Initial lists (pages) may be uploaded by users.-   (b) Users browse specification pages using communication devices and    may upload specification lists containing name-assosciated assets    (attributes, values or contents). The server converts the assets    into provided, predetermined formats. (-   c) The server receives the plurality of user-uploaded lists,    identifies attributes therein and analyses their associated values    and associated contents applying predetermined statistical    algorithms to link and combine each received specification list with    others into one or more dynamic pages according to matching titles    of the specification lists and analysis of their attributes and    values. The uploaded assets may add to a collaborative specification    page or create or update a list.-   (d) Attributes of the collaborative page are dynamically updated    with the statistically most relevant values for each statistically    relevant identified value type, according to statistical analysis of    the values of each attribute of the linked specification lists.-   (e) Deviation limits from relevant values are dynamically updated    within the dynamic page, according to statistical analysis and type,    in order to group the corresponding contents from linked    specification lists.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

The subject matter regarded as the invention is particularly pointed outand distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification.The invention, however, both as to organization and method of operation,together with objects, features and advantages thereof, may be bestunderstood by reference to the following drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a high-level block diagram of a system for creation ofcollaborative specification pages according to some embodiments of thepresent invention; and

FIG. 2a shows a screenshot of a Smart-Phone GUI of a collaborativespecification page designed according to an embodiment of the presentinvention. FIG. 2b shows a different screenshot of the samecollaborative specification page of FIG. 2a after browsing such as by auser.

FIGS. 3a and 3b show two specification lists (as displayed on aSmart-Phone GUI for example) uploaded by two different users and whichhave been linked to the collaborative specification page displayed inFIGS. 2a and 2 b.

FIG. 3c illustrates how multiple user specification lists are linkedinto the collaborative specification page displayed in FIGS. 2a and 2band provide the content for browsing within the latter.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method for creation and managementof collaborative specification pages according to the present invention;

FIGS. 5a-5e are schematics illustrating data input interfaces accordingto embodiments of the present invention;

FIGS. 6a-6g illustrate several combinations of attributes, values orcontents (“entry lines”) according to embodiments of the presentinvention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic illustrating an example of how some specificationlists may be linked into building a collaborative specification pageaccording to embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 8 illustrates an exemplary interface of a collaborativespecification page for a user to engage with according to someembodiments of the present invention; and

FIGS. 9a-9f are schematics illustrating application examples forcollaborative specification pages, according to embodiments of thepresent invention.

One skilled in the art will readily recognize from the followingdiscussion that alternative embodiments of the structures and methodsillustrated herein may be employed without departing from the principlesof the invention described herein.

In all the figures, like reference numbers identify like parts.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are setforth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention.However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that thepresent invention may be practiced without these specific details. Inother instances, well-known methods, procedures and components have notbeen described in detail so as not to obscure the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a high-level block diagram of a system 10 for creation ofcollaborative specification pages according to some embodiments of thepresent invention. The system 10 may include a plurality ofcommunication devices hosting a client 12, a plurality of sources 14,and an application server 13, connected via a network 11, such as theInternet.

The plurality of communication devices hosting a client 12 can be anycomputing device provided with a browser, for accessing web pages, or anapplication (commonly known as “App”) or dedicated software, foraccessing server content, and may provide a display for viewing them(and or a speaker for hearing them). Communication devices 12 mayinclude a touch screen and or keyboard and or a microphone and or acamera in order to input content as well. Communication devices hostinga client 12 may be, for example, mobile phones, tablet phones, tabletcomputers, personal computers, mobile computers or any other capableuser interface device. Additionaly, devices may also includecommunication input-only devices, for example, drones, health trackers,sensors and any other device hosting a client connected to a networksuch as the internet (known as Internet Of Things or IOT devices). Whilea limited number of clients 12 (devices hosting a client) are shown inFIG. 1, in practice there may be thousands or millions of clients 12 incommunication with the system 10.

The plurality of sources 14 can be, for example, any hypertext link toor any form of text, image, audio or video on web pages, web feeds,blogs, social networks or other distribution platforms. Indeed, anydevice input or upload to application server 13 such as text, image,audio or video or any other computer file that of any form of usergenerated content uploaded from communication devices hosting a client12 may be used for the same purpose described herein. For convenience,content from these sources 14 or device inputs or uploads, will bereferred to as “content”, regardless of consisting of one or more of thesame or a mix of the above described types.

The connection between communication devices hosting a client 12, theplurality of sources 14 and application server 13 may be established byany known connection protocol, for example, Transmission ControlProtocol (TCP), User Data Protocol (UDP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol(HTTP), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) or any other suitableprotocol. These protocols may be run through a communications network11. The connection between communication devices hosting a client 12 andapplication server 13 may be, for example, by fixed line phone network,DSL network, cable network, fiber optics network connection or any otherfixed communication means. Moreover, connection may be mobile, forexample, by cellular network or wireless network or any other mobilecommunication means.

Application server 13 may consist of a single computer, or a network ofcomputers, including cloud-based computer implementations. The computersmay be running a server configuration of an operating system, forexample LINUX or any other suitable operating system. The computers maypreferably be server class computers with one or more CPUs and or mainmemory and readable persistent storage memory, according to the needs ofthe operating system installed, its server configuration, data baserunning capabilities and network hosting program tasks. The operationsof these systems as described herein can be controlled through eitherhardware or through computer programs installed in computer storage andexecuted by the processors of such servers to perform the functionsdescribed herein. These systems may include other hardware elementsnecessary for the operations described here, including networkinterfaces, networking devices (e.g., routers, firewalls) and protocols,input and output devices, which are not detailed so as not to obscurethe relevant details of the system 10.

[System: Tx]

Application server 13 may receive a titled list of information and orcontent from communication devices hosting a client 12 connected throughcommunication network 11. Application server 13 may record an inputtimestamp for such information or content received for furtherstatistical analysis. Additionally, devices hosting a client 12 may beequipped with GPS or cellular network location systems or any othermeans to provide application server 13 with their location whileperforming such communication for further statistical analysis.

[System: Tx]

Additionally, users of communication devices 12 may use the input meanson communication devices to rate or comment on information and orcontent on application server 13 and send messages to other users thatthey may later reach, within the system 10, through their devices.

[System: Rx]

Application server 13 performs statistical analysis of received lists ofassets in the specification lists that the users send (as described inmore detail hereinafter) through the multiple communication devices 12.Based on the statistical analysis, application server 13 may identifypriority such as novelty, interest and participation on the receivedinformation and or content. Based on these priorities, applicationserver 13 may build a dynamic collaborative general page of informationor content (“collaborative specification page”) of the same title asthose particular lists of users. Therefore, user lists under the samelist title received by application server 13 may be grouped or linkedthrough these dynamic collaborative general pages. These dynamic listsmay update in time, for example, whenever the statistical analysis onall particular user lists by the same title show a change in priorityover novelty, interest and participation on any information and orcontent. Furthermore, application server 13 may use timestamps to deducethe information or content's novelty.

[System: Rx]

Communication devices 12 may be used to browse a collaborativespecification page through a display screen. Application server 13 mayperform all tasks and requirements necessary to adjust the informationand or content in the collaborative specification page to a properlayout in order to serve pages to be properly browsed through theplurality of devices 12. The collaborative specification page, by beinglinked to particular lists of users, may lead the user of communicationdevices 12 to browse particular lists of other users received byapplication server 13 as well. Communication devices 12 may also beprovided with a speaker to output sound from text readings or audio orvideo content from any browsed list.

[What]

Collaborative specification pages provide users with a simple listlayout of information and content on a topic, that have beenstatistically analyzed, filtered, added, combined, selected and or putin order from a variety of information and or content from particularlists of users. Thereby, collaborative specification pages enable usersto browse a richer and dynamically updated specification list on topicsof interest (“topics”) such as biography, historical events, products,services, experiences, reviews, etc. Moreover, collaborativespecification pages let users connect with each other through browsing,rating and commenting the information and or content contributions ofuser specification lists that link to the same topic, as well asstatistically set the priority on general overall importance ofinformation and or content in the process.

[List]

FIGS. 2a and 2b show two different screenshots of a same collaborativespecification page 21 while browsing it, according to an embodiment ofthe present invention. FIGS. 3a and 3b show two different specificationlists 31′-31″, input from different users, that link to thecollaborative specification page 21. Collaborative specifications page21 and specification lists 31′-31″ (collectively 31) each comprise a“title” 22 identifying a specific topic, a list of defining parameters(“attributes”) 23 a and each of their corresponding definingdescriptions (“values”) 23 b which result into a brief description of asingle topic, for example biography, historical events, places,products, services or experiences. In addition or in place of the values(descriptions) 23 b, each specification page 21 or list 31 may includemedia “content” 24, such as text, image, audio or video content (in thisexample video content) for the corresponding value 23 b. The content isdisplayed in an upper pane 25 a of the screenshot and the attributes 23a with their corresponding values in a second pane 25 b labeled“Specifications”. A third pane that may show a timeline for the latestupdates of the collaborative specification page 21 may be broughtforward over the “Specifications” pane 25 b by clicking on its“Activity” label tab 25 c. Numbers 26 b and 26 c within bracketsindicate how many recently added attributes 23 a and uploads,respectively, are displayed in the “Specifications” and “Activity” panes25 b and 25 c.

In the collaborative specification pages 21, the title 22 is followed bya number 26 a indicating how many user specification lists 31 link andcombine to build the collaborative specification page 21 with that title22; and attribute values 23 b are followed by percentage weight 23 c forthe corresponding value 23 b according to statistical analysis of allthe user specification lists 31 that have linked together to build thecollaborative specification page 21. In the specification lists 31, the“titles” 22 are followed by the user name in a field 32 a having atitle@username format, indicating that they are user specification lists31. FIG. 3a further shows a case of a user list 31′ with a second name32 b.

In FIG. 2a , the attribute “Distance Run” and the value “2 km” have beenhighlighted by the user while browsing whereas FIG. 2b corresponds to adifferent user or the same user at a different time browsing with thearrows 28 a or highlighting the attribute “Distance Run” and the value“1 km”. Therefore, the specification list 31′ in FIG. 3a contributeswith contents 24 for the highlighted value “2 km”, while thespecification list 31″ in FIG. 3b contributes with contents 24 for thehighlighted value “1 km” for the attribute “Distance run” of thecollaborative specification page 21. The page screenshot furtherincludes a reference 27 a (as <attribute: value>@username) to acurrently highlighted selection 27 b, for content 24, and browsingarrows 28 b for getting into more detail.

FIG. 3c illustrates how user specification lists 31 build into acollaborative specification page 21 and provide the content 24 forbrowsing within the latter. The arrows 33 a from the user specificationlists 31 to the collaborative specification page 21 indicate thosecombine into it. The arrows 33 b from the collaborative specificationpage 21 to the user specification lists 31 show how the first 21 linksto the latter.

Topics of different categories, for example a product and a historicalevent, may vary more in their attributes regardless of the value of eachattribute. Topics of the same category, for example two products, mayvary less in their attributes (may share several attributes) but more inthe values associated with each of the latter. Two specification listslet users compare topics on their similarities, when attributes arefound on both lists, and also on the differences, when one attribute isfound on only one of the lists and not on the other. For example, twodifferent cars may offer different wheel size and different tires; bothshare similar attributes but have different values. But, one of the carsmay have electronic stability control (ESP) incorporated and the othermay not; the extra attribute of having ESP marks a difference.

[Content Layout]

The value of each attribute 23 a may express a defining characteristicof the topic specified on the list; by associating to each of theattributes 23 a, for example text, image, audio, video or any othercomputer file in any form of user generated content (“content”), theirvalue 23 b can be enriched or supported in exemplary, explanatory,educative and informative depth. As FIGS. 2a and 2b illustrate,collaborative specification pages 21, in accordance with an embodiment,provide a convenient layout for content 24 alongside the attributes 23 aand values 23 b of the specification lists for users to browse throughwithin their devices hosting a client 12. This layout may be definedeither by pre-stored information in application server 13, by userpreferences or by an automatic algorithm through statistical informationof user browsing pages, in accordance with an embodiment. Pre-storedinformation on layouts of collaborative general specification pages 21may be used to best fit the list of attributes 23 a, their value 23 band their associated content 24 throughout the plurality of deviceshosting a client 12. As each device may have different screen size andresolution, pre-stored information on layouts from the system 10 may beused by Application server 13 to adapt pages 21 for each device; theuser may select from the available template setups a different layout(e.g. bigger fonts for attributes and values or bigger contents); anautomatic algorithm on the application server 13 may request the screensize and resolution from plurality of devices hosting a client 12 andadapt page layout accordingly; and application server 13 maystatistically record user preference for content 24, attributes 23 a orvalues 23 b and adapt page layout accordingly. For example, in anembodiment, if one user usually tends to browse image content 24immediately within the first seconds of page display on his device 12,application server 13 may set to show bigger pictures for this user thenext time a page 21 is served to his device 12 while trimming textinformation shorter.

[Method Intro]

Collaborative specification pages 21 combine the sum of userspecification lists, user rates and comment inputs through statisticalanalysis by the application server 13, in accordance with an embodiment.User listed attributes 23 a, their values 23 b and their content 24contributions are analyzed, filtered, added, combined, selected orsorted by the application server 13 thereby creating linkingcollaborative specification pages 21.

[Method]

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method for creation ofcollaborative specification pages 21 according to an embodiment of thepresent invention. This method may be implemented, for example, byapplication server 13 as illustrated in FIG. 1. As shown in block 41,the method may include, for example, receiving, by application server13, a plurality of specification lists providing at least one title andone attribute and or value and or content, from a plurality ofcommunication devices 12. As shown in block 42, the method may include,for example, analyzing and identifying, for example, by applicationserver 13, attributes and or values and or associated contentinformation according to pre-stored definitions to store values in thecorrect format. As shown in block 43, the method may include, forexample, linking and combining, for example, by application server 13,the received specification list with others into one statisticallycreated dynamic general specification list (“collaborative specificationpage”) according to and for each of the received titles of thespecification list and the analysis of its attributes and values. Asshown in block 44, the method may include, for example, updating, forexample, by application server 13, attributes of the dynamic list withstatistically most relevant values for each statistically relevantidentified value type, according to statistical analysis of the valuesof each attribute of the linked specification lists. As shown in block45, the method may include, for example, Updating, for example, byapplication server 13, deviation limits from relevant values within thedynamic list, according to statistical analysis and type, in order togroup the corresponding contents from linked specification lists.

The method may be performed using a different sequence or combination ofsteps than illustrated here, and may be performed concurrently inmultiple threads.

[Method]

In this example, the application server 13 may receive 41 from theplurality of devices 12 a plurality of specification lists from users.FIGS. 5a-5e illustrate exemplary data input interfaces on devices 12 andthe processing of application server 13 to implement step 41 of FIG. 4;other implementations may use different input interfaces to provide thesame result.

FIGS. 5a-5e illustrate step 41 of the method showing examples of howuser specification lists 31 can be received from user device hosting aclient 12 through several input interface types 51-55. These interfaces51-55 may vary in amount, type of information or content a user may needto input as a specification list. Application server 13 may receive 41 auser specification list input, for example, as a new list 31 ofattributes 23 a, their values 23 b or their contents 24; as amodification or addition to an existing user specification list of theuser; as a post; as a rating of a collaborative specification page 21 ora user specification list of another user or its attributes 23 a, values23 b or content 24; or as a link to sources 14 addressed by the user tohave the input necessary to build a specification list. Applicationserver 13 may process each input interface data accordingly to build orupdate a specification list of a user.

As shown in input interface 51 in FIG. 5a , a specification list 31 amay be provided by the user through input on each of the fields of aform with attributes 23 a, values 23 b or contents 24, within interface51, with the proper information using his device 12.

Content uploads may also be performed through selecting each from thedevice 12 or by input of a URL pointing its location from sources 14; byentering them in their respective fields within the form. For example, agroup of researchers may propose a social questionnaire through awebform interface and ask other users to fill in this form within aspecification list 31 of their own with the system 10 by the same title22; results of the questionnaire will be processed by the system andshown within the collaborative specification page 21 by that title 22. Aschematic for this application example is provided in FIG. 9 a.

As shown in input interface 52 in FIG. 5b , a specification list 31 bmay be provided by the user through selecting an existing specificationlist of his account with the system 10; and either change and or add atleast one attribute 23 a, value 23 b or content 24 of the selected userspecification list.

[API 3^(rd) Party]

Additionally, in some embodiments, the application server 13 may providethird-party application developers with application program interface(“API”) functions to send certain attributes 23 a, values 23 b orcontents 24 automatically from devices 12 as well as functions toretrieve them from application server 13. For example, as shown in thepage example of FIGS. 2a -2 b, a third-party application on devices 12may periodically send pre-selected attribute information, pictures andvideo from runners to application server 13, while activated during ashort “10k” race. Application server 13 may then combine all data withina collaborative specification page for users to follow the race instantstatistics on-line or review it after finishing. A commercial accountfor the race organizer may be needed for validating user input.

As shown in input interface 53 in FIG. 5c , a specification list 31 cmay be provided by the user through a single post by identifying one ormore titles 22 of specification lists and one or more attributes 23 aand their values 23 b with respectively predefined escape characters(e.g. “<attribute: value>”; “*Title of the list*”; “*@username*”) withinthe message of said post. Furthermore, since a post consists of a singleentry of text information and an associated content 24, the latter maybe defined as the associated content for attributes 23 a or values 23 bof the specification lists 31 identified within the post. Therefore, forthis example, a post with two specification titles 22, two attributes 23a, one information value 23 b and an associated content 24 may modify oradd the two attributes 23 a with said information value 23 b andassociated content 24 on the specification lists 31, by those titles 22,of the user account with the system 10. If the user has only one list 31by one of these titles 22, application server 13 may receive this postas to add the other title as a second title to the existing list. If theuser has no lists by these titles 22, application server 13 may receivethis as one list with two titles 22 to be created in his account.Additionally, these posts may come from sources 14 such as web feeds,blogs, social networks or other distribution platforms. For example, acompany may have a particular specification page of a product, forexample a racing bike, within their account with the system. Someattributes may determine different types of stock parts; another usermay post (using his cellular phone) an image or video of his customizedproduct showing the change for a custom performance part; by includingthe same title 22 and some attribute 23 a, with the proper escapecharacters, within the message of said post, the collaborativespecification page 21 (by that title) will show users the stock partsand the latter customization for review (as a collective preferred setupfor the racing bike). A schematic for this application example isprovided in FIG. 9 b.

As shown in input interface 54 in FIG. 5d , a specification list 31 dmay be provided by the user through selecting either the collaborativespecification page 21 or a specification list of the account of anotheruser with the system 10 and rating at least one attribute 23 a, value 23b or content 24 of the selected list. Then, the provided specificationlist may include the same title 22 and the same attributes 23 a orvalues 23 b and references to rated contents of the rated list of thefirst user, including the respective rate setup. For example, a user maylike and rate a value for an attribute on the specification list for avacation trip of a second user; a specification list by the same titlewill be created on the account with the system of the first user,including that value 23 b and attribute 23 a; the latter will increasethe statistical weight of this value 23 b for that attribute 23 a of thecollaborative specification page 21 (by that title 22) linking to both.A schematic for this application example is provided in FIG. 9 c.

Furthermore, as a user rates any complete selected list 31, applicationserver 13 may, for example, receive 41 a list 31 including the same nameand the rating on a special attribute, named “rate”, serving thispurpose. Application server 13 may use any of the mentioned rates forlater statistical analysis.

As shown in input interface 55 in FIG. 5e , the specification list 31 emay be provided by the user through reference to sources 14. Forexample, the user may input a title 22 and a web page through a specificURL; application server 13 may read the document object model (“DOM”)for the page and identify a list of combinations of attribute names 23 aand values 23 b, as well as associated contents 24 from it. Then, inthis example, the provided specification list 31 e may consist of a listincluding the same attributes 23 a, values 23 b and references tocontents 24, in case of contents 24, that lay within the above mentionedweb page. For example, a car brand may have their last new car publishedon their website; their official brand dealership may want to add thisto his account with the system to show their audience they will beselling these units; the dealership may point out the corresponding URLto build a particular specification page 21 on this car on his accountwith the system; the dealership may later add particular attributesregarding the sale of this new unit such as delivery time, financialoptions, etc. to his particular specification page about the car; thecollaborative specification page 21 (by the same title 22) may, thereby,indicate the technicals from the product website along with thedifferent commercial options available for the car and thus connectusers (interested in the car) with dealership through their interest inspecific commercial values (e.g. the shortest delivery time dealership).A schematic for this application example is provided in FIG. 9 d.

Additionally, sources 14 may opt to include a specifically programmedbutton to add their specification list to the account of a user with thesystem. This button triggers an API function in application server 13implementing this last input interface automatically for the userpressing the button while logged into his account browsing sources 14.This button may be added as embedded code into sources 14 as web pages,web feeds, blogs, social networks or other distribution platforms.

[Additional] Additionally, application server 13 may, for example,receive 31 user locations, in case the devices 12 can providegeo-location, and save a timestamp including location for each namedspecification list received 31. Furthermore, application server 13 mayuse this information for statistical analysis and finally to let usersbrowse collaborative specification pages to find specification lists ofother users according to geographical location.

[Method]

After receiving 41 a specification list 31 from a user, applicationserver 13 may, for example, analyze and identify 42 attributes 23 a,values 23 b or associated content information 24 according to pre-storeddefinitions to store values in the correct format. FIGS. 6a-6gillustrates some examples of different entry lines according to someembodiments of the present invention.

Application server 13 may, for example, identify attributes 23 a orvalues 23 b including quantities, numbers, amounts of currencies,physics metrics (e.g. position, distance, speed, acceleration, weight,etc.), location (e.g. name of places, addresses, geo-coordinates, etc.),colors, contact information (e.g. e-mail addresses, telephone numbers,social network contact names and pages, URLs, etc.), step number (e.g.step1, step2, etc.), date and time, duration, bar codes (e.g. EAN13),relative rates (e.g. %), text names (e.g. single word, single string orsingle line text), text description (e.g. multiple line text),frequently asked questions (e.g. FAQ) and list ratings (e.g. topic ortitle rate by a user).

Additionally, in one embodiment, a system administrator may load newdefinitions for other different type of values into application server13 that may later come up without departing from the principles andscope of the invention.

As detailed in examples shown in FIGS. 6a -6 g, specification lists mayconsist of at least one title 22 and one attribute 23 a, value 23 b andor associated content 24. Moreover, a combination of any of the latterthree may be considered a single line of a specification list (“entryline”). In an embodiment, a brief description or comment aboutassociated contents 24 and an individual rating for each entry line mayalso be provided as part of the entry line and the latter may be used,for example, by application server 13 for statistical analysis andsearch purposes.

Application server 13 may, for example, analyze and identify 42 eachentry line.

First, for example, by comparing pre-stored definitions with the name ofthe attribute; and or with the information within the associated content(this may include file name, description or comments and otherinformation). Next, information within the value may be analyzed, forexample, by application server 13. Each analysis may be performed,respectively, on each part of the entry line according to the partsprovided within. After recognizing words, numbers and or acronyms andpatterns between them known from pre-stored definitions, applicationserver 13 may translate and store the values in the correct data formatand or magnitude according to the identification.

Indeed, in one embodiment, application server 13, for example, may makeuse of a natural language processor (NLP) software or application inorder to analyze and identify each entry line.

As shown in FIG. 6a , an entry line 61 may be provided having anattribute 23 a, its value 23 b and associated content 24. As the name ofthe attribute 23 a (or the associated content information) may includethe word “speed”, application server 13 may, for example, identify it asknown from pre-stored attribute type definitions and expect within thefollowing value 23 b a string consisting of quantifiable numeric datafollowed by one of many know abbreviated magnitudes (or acronyms)associated to speed metrics. Next, application server 13 may, forexample, analyze the information of the value and look for what theattribute may indicate it to be. In this example, application server 13may, for example, identify the entry line as a numeric magnitudewhereas, “30” is the numeric value and “Mph” the abbreviated magnitude.Therefore, application server 13 may store this entry line in thecorrect format according to the pre-stored definition. By havingidentified pre-stored definitions from the attribute and or associatedcontent information, application server 13 may, for example, correct orsuggest another attribute name or abbreviated magnitude in case atypographic mistake is made by the user respectively within theattribute or the value. Application server 13 may also convert the valueto a different scale (e.g. “square feet” to “acre”) if necessary.

As shown in FIG. 6b , an entry line 62 may be provided having anattribute 23 a, its value 23 b and associated content 24. Its attributename and content comment may be unknown to application server 13 frompre-stored definitions. Then application server 13 may read the valuename and store it as a regular string value of Unicode characters.

As shown in FIG. 6c , an entry line 63 may be provided having just avalue 23 b and associated content 24 but without an attribute. Thisentry line 63 may be regarded, by application server 13, as news oroverall comment on the topic by the names of the list providing it.

As shown in FIG. 6d , an entry line 64 may be provided having anattribute 23 a and associated content 24. As no value to translate andstore is provided, this entry line may be stored as is by applicationserver 13.

As shown in FIG. 6e , an entry line 65 may be provided having anattribute 23 a and its value 23 b. In this case, no content is provided,just the comments 60 a, rates 60 b and timestamp 60 c in the entry line65. Application server 13 may apply the same principle as in FIG. 6a ,translate and store the value in the correct format.

As shown in FIG. 6f , an entry line 66 may be provided having anattribute 23 a, its value 23 b and associated content 24. In thisexample, the attribute points to rate the overall list topic withholdingthe entry line. Application server 13 may, for example, identify theword “rate” from pre-stored definitions and expect within the value ascore or rate from a scale or number that may result in a percentage tostore. Then, application server 13 may read “5” within the value andstore it as a 100% rate. In one embodiment, application server 13 mayask the user to define out of what scale to rate or suggest it (e.g. oneto ten, one to five, percentage, etc.).

As shown in FIG. 6g , an entry line 67 may be provided having anattribute 23 a, its value 23 b and associated content 24. The attribute23 a reads the word “location” and the value 23 b reads somegeographical coordinates. Therefore, application server 13 may apply thesame principle of FIG. 6a , translate and store the value in the correctformat, as pre-stored definitions identify it as coordinates for somegeographical location.

[Method]

After analyzing and identifying 42 all entry lines 61-67 of aspecification list from a user, application server 13 may, for example,link and combine 43 the received specification list with others into acollaborative specification page according to and for each of thereceived titles of the specification list or the analysis of itsattributes and values.

[Of List Titles]

Additionally, application server 13 may, for example, suggest the mostprobable collaborative specification page 21 to link to, based on recentanalysis and identification of attributes 23 a of the user specificationlist. Moreover, application server 13 may help the user correct orchoose an existing title 22 for the user specification list, when itstitle may be new or slightly different (typographically wrong) to theexisting collaborative specification pages on application server 13.Therefore, application server 13 may suggest users adding to existingcollaborative specification pages thereby reducing repetitions.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of how user specification lists 31 f-31 kare built into a collaborative specification page 21 according to someembodiments of the present invention. Lists 31 g, 31 h, 31 k may havemore than one title 22, thereby indicating that the entry lines of thoseuser specification lists may also link and combine with more than onegroup of lists by each title; and may be of statistical incidence to thecollaborative specification pages 21 a-21 b by each of the titles 22included. However, no user may have more than one list by the sametitle; all of the lists of a user may have at least one exclusive title22 and may share others. For example, two users may build aspecification list 31 on each of the places they live, respectively,titled “Buenos Aires” and “California”; both users may also add a secondtitle to their specification lists “my place in the world”; these twolists will combine into respective collaborative specification pagestitled “Buenos Aires” and “California”; and also will combine into acollaborative specification page titled “my place in the world” thatmight include the several attributes 23 a that make both placesappealing to them. Furthermore, when linked and combined to more lists31, the most valuable attributes 23 a and coincidences may end updescribing what “my place in the world” means to collective sentiment ofusers (e.g. preference to live at sea level hights regardless thelocation). A schematic for this application example is provided in FIG.9e .

In order to combine all entry lines 61-67 of received specificationlists 31, application server 13 may, for example, label each entry linewith each of the titles 22 received within it. Labels may be furtherused in search operations performed by users when browsing.

[Linking Users]

Additionally, users having an account with the system and one or moreuser specification lists 31 linked to collaborative specification pages21 may choose to receive updates on recent activity about thosecollaborative specification pages 21. Application server 13 may, forexample, send e-mail and or application notification updates to theiruser devices 12, each time new attributes are added to the collaborativespecification page; significant statistically relevant changes happen tothe values of the collaborative specification page; new values emergefrom other users that are of statistical relevance to the collaborativespecification page; content from other users get recommendations ofstatistical relevance; content from their specification list improvesstatistical relevance within the collaborative specification page; andor any of the entry lines of any of their specification lists gets acomment or rating from another user. Furthermore, users may be able toconfigure this through a system website on their devices 12.

[User Collection]

Each user having an account with the system may keep an administrativeinterface for them and other users to browse specification lists oftheir creation (their “Collection” of submited specification lists).

[Method]

After linking and combining 43 a specification list of a user into acollaborative specification pages, application server 13 may, forexample, update 44 attributes of the corresponding collaborativespecification pages with statistically most relevant values for eachstatistically relevant identified value type, according to statisticalanalysis of the values of each attribute of the linked specificationlists.

As detailed in example shown in FIG. 7, each specification list mayprovide at least one entry line consisting of at least one attribute,value or associated content and its rating. Application server 13 may,for example, combine 43 entry lines of all received specification lists(by the same title 22) and perform statistical analysis on the values ofeach of the matching attributes from each specification list. Next, theapplication server 13 may, for example, update each entry line of thecollaborative specification page. Moreover, Application server 13 may,update the values for each attribute of the collaborative specificationpage describing the statistical results from the combined receivedvalues.

[Adding Attributes]

Application server 13 may add new attributes from received lists to thecorresponding collaborative specification pages by the titles of thereceived specification list. As these attribute names may be new to acollaborative specification page, their values may also be the only toit.

[Statistically]

Whenever an attribute is not new to a collaborative specification page,application server 13 may group received values from attributes of thesame name by type. Then, Application server 13 may statisticallydetermine, according to each value type, the most resembling values foreach value type group within the attribute. Moreover, attributes mayinclude more than one statistically relevant value, for each value type,as a result of the statistical analysis. In one embodiment, these valuesmay include their percentage of statistical weight when shown in thecollaborative specification page browsed by user devices 12. Applicationserver 13 may apply statistical analysis to the received values of eachattribute, in order to determine the most resembling values, by means ofany known statistical algorithm. Algorithms may vary from one value typeto another. Also, several different algorithms for statistical analysismay be used in order to fulfill the task of clustering summarization, toextract the most relevant values of each certain type of data input,without departing from the principles and scope of the invention.

For example, for numerical value types, a variation of k-means algorithm(“Some methods for classification and analysis of multivariateobservations”—James MacQueen, 1967) may be used in order to extract anumber of mean values within each data cluster (as most resemblingvalues) according to pre-stored parameters for the algorithm depending,for example, on: the amount of values to be clustered; a finite numberof clusters; the previous most resembling values on the attribute of thecollaborative specification page as the initial means for the firstiteration of the algorithm. Cluster number may, for example, go from 2to 10 as newer values of this type, relatively higher deviated frominitial means are entered. The number of iterations of the algorithm tobe applied may be a predefined number, for example 10, loaded by asystem administrator.

Application server 13 may determine statistically most relevant valuesfor each value type group (within each attribute) according topredetermined thresholds for deviation and statistical density. Forexample, in the mentioned k-means algorithm variation, a threshold forminimum relative density within maximum deviation from means may beused, for example, for determining and increasing the number ofclusters. The number of clusters will determine the number of relevantvalues, for example, from 2 to 10. For example, having 80% of the valuesaccumulated, within a deviation from each mean. This deviation may be,for example, 10% of the distance between the highest and the lowestmeans. Whenever deviation and density thresholds are passed, the needfor another most relevant value increases the number of clusters usedwithin this k-means variation. Then, application server 13 may updatemost relevant values of the attributes of the collaborativespecification page.

[Type Treatment]

Application server 13 may, for example, statistically determine the mostrelevant values, from linked specification lists, for each value typewithin every attribute. Application server 13 may group values of eachtype and perform respective statistical analysis in order to determinethe most statistically relevant values within each value type. Forexample, application server 13 may group values of attribute “weight”for having linked values of two types: physics metrics and single stringtext. Within these two groups, application server 13 may performstatistical analysis to extract the most relevant values. For example:“100 lbs”, “90 lbs”, “82 lbs”, “overweight” and “underweight” withrespectively 20%, 50%, 10%, 10% and 7% of statistical weight.Application server 13 may make use of value type in order to group thedifferent values and determine each of most relevance. For example,application server 13 may group “101 lbs”, “99,5 lbs”, “100 lbs” andseveral other values according to a certain predetermined threshold(pre-stored within application server 13 and relative to the appliedstatistical calculations), as relevant value “100 lbs” with itsrespective statistical weight. Different value types may apply for adifferent statistical algorithm to extract the relevant values in orderto reduce deviations, typographic mistakes and or other variations. Thealgorithms applied by application server 13 may vary from one type ofidentified value to another; and may vary for different amounts of data;and may even include other data mining and data access techniques forhigher amounts of data, without departing from the principles and scopeof the invention.

[Statistical Weight]

Application server 13 may apply a certain predetermined threshold(pre-stored within application server 13), for example below 4%, todetermine which values are not of relevant statistical weight and cannotbe grouped within any of the relevant values. Therefore, applicationserver 13 may group them as “Miscellaneous values” (“Misc. group”) fortheir corresponding attribute of the collaborative specification page.

[No attribute]

In some cases, users can input values and or content without anattribute. Application server 13 may regard these as news or comments onthe whole topic discussed either on a specification list and, thereby,add to the collaborative specification page. Likewise, a comment may beused as another entry line of a specification list and may be rated byother users as well, thereby pushing its priority trough statisticalweight within the corresponding linking collaborative specificationpage, regardless of having no attribute. In one embodiment, entry lineswith no attribute may be regarded as news about a list and their valueand content may be stored, respectively, as text and attached content byapplication server 13. Moreover, these inputs may come from sources 14.

[Additionally Rate]

Additionally, users may browse (using their devices 12) eithercollaborative specification pages or specification lists of other usersand rate entry lines by means of a rating scale or quantity (e.g. one tofive or quantity of positive votes) and a comment describing the ratingreasons. Furthermore, users may be able to mark any attributes, valuesand or content as harmful or deliberatively wrong alerting andactivating policies thereby dynamically maintaining the accuracy of thesystem 10.

[Method 35]

After updating 44 the attributes and or the values of the correspondingcollaborative specification page according to statistical analysis ofthe linked user specification lists, application server 13 may, forexample, update 45 deviation limits from each relevant value within thedynamic list (the collaborative page), according to statistical analysisand type, in order to group contents from linked specification lists tothe corresponding statistically relevant values. Statistical analysismay define the cluster sizes for any identified group of a relevantvalue. For example, if application server 13 identified values asnumeric, then the deviation limits for each value may be stored as arelative variation for each relevant value number (for example from −10%to +10%). For example, if application server 13 identified the value asa location, then deviation limits may be stored as a radius from thecurrent most relevant position. In another example, if applicationserver 13 identified the value as a single line text or string, then thedeviation limits may be stored as allowed difference in some letters. Asanother example, if application server 13 identified the value as amultiline text or string, then the deviation limits may be stored, forexample, in needed keywords. As with pre-stored definitions, thesedeviation limits, deviation limits for other value type identificationsmentioned above and others may be predetermined, stored and updatedwithin application server 13 by a system administrator.

Then, application server 13 may be enabled to load the correspondingcontents for each entry line. Contents for values located only withinthe stored deviation limits from each relevant value (when severalvalues are represented by a most relevant one) may be loaded, byapplication server 13, when a user browses contents for values of anattribute in an entry line within a collaborative specification page.Therefore, contents for any single relevant value may only includecontents of values within the deviation limits from said relevant value.

FIG. 8 illustrates an exemplary interface of a collaborative generalspecification page for a user to engage with according to someembodiments of the present invention. Application server 13 may, forexample, provide users with the statistically most rated, browsed oractive entry lines first (and set the order thereon) and let the userbrowse and or search through them and the rest.

[Content Queues]

Application server 13 may, for example, set queues of content assetslinked to each attribute and or value of the collaborative specificationpage (linked in step 43). Each queue may load the most relevantassociated content for each of the attributes and or values of thecollaborative specification page by using any known statisticalalgorithm for weighting content rating, input date and views.Application server 13 may, for example, sort each queue of contents tobe shown in the collaborative specification page based on the rates ofcontents given by users; times contents have been rated; times thecontent has been browsed; date of input of said contents;acknowledgement of users who submitted the contents; and or according toattributes held within specification lists of the browsing user. Forexample, if the user is interested in some similar attributes within anyof their lists (e.g. “Top Speed” attribute for a racing enthusiast).

Finally, application server 13 may serve the collaborative specificationpage to users to browse within their devices 12.

Application server 13 may, for example, load a first set of entry linesand let users browse through them. Users may request application server13 to load the next set of entry lines in order to keep browsing moreattributes and or values and or contents. Therefore, application server13 may load the next set of entry lines with their attributes and values(in the determined statistical order) and set new queues of contents tobe loaded with contents from linked user specification lists. Users maykeep browsing content and requesting more entry lines and or morecontents for each attribute and or value of the collaborativespecification page until all are served.

[User Search]

Additionally, users may perform search requests for attributes, values,contents and or comments throughout several collaborative specificationpages and user specification lists and or within these.

[User Rate]

Users may, for example, rate any entry line of a collaborativespecification page or a user specification list, regardless of thecombination of attribute, value and or content provided within, butrating only one combination for each entry line. When content isavailable in that combination, application server 13 may use the ratingalso as respective to that content.

[Add: User Rate]

Additionally, application server 13 may give priority to contents ofother users known to the user thereby showing the user contents of theiracquaintances.

Users may indicate application server 13 (using their devices 12) theywant to give priority to content of known other users by choosing to addthe latter to a list of acquaintances within the account of the userwith the system 10. Furthermore, users may indicate application server13 (using their devices 12) they want to keep some of their contents asprivate from users other than their acquaintances within their accountwith the system 10. Users may configure their content as private orpublic through a system website on their devices 12.

[Content of Users]

Application server 13 may include a link or hypertext link to the userspecification list holding contents along with contents shown whenbrowsing a collaborative specification page. This link (for example,reference 27 a in FIG. 2b ) may enable users of devices 12 browsingcontent, from a collaborative specification page, to reach other usersthrough user specification list holding the content. For example, apicture for a certain entry line may read a reference on it “@username”,indicating the user specification list holding that picture as content.

[Of USERNAME Titles]

In some embodiments, application server 13 may provide users holding anaccount with the system 10 with a personal profile. Users can fill outtheir profile as any other specification list, through the same inputinterfaces detailed above.

The title for this user specification list is that same name of theuser. User names may be escaped by a special character to distinguishthem from regular user specification list titles (for example “@”).Other users may collaborate on any user profile (through a collaborativespecification page titled as the name of the user) providing this userhas enabled this within the privacy configuration of his account. Forexample, a human resources office having an account with the system mayupload the last performance evaluation of an employe as a userspecification list titled “@employee1”. Then, if the user configured theprivacy settings of his account, the collaborative specification pageunder the title “@employee1” may show his results to whoever isauthorized (within privacy settings) without the need for user inputfrom the employee. Moreover, if this employee has titled his personalprofile with the title “Group A”, apart of the default title“@employee1”, all the attributes, values and or contents of his profilewill add information into the collaborative specification page ofemployees in Group A (titled “Group A”). Furthermore, the results fromthe performance evaluation of the HR office (the user specification listtitled “@employee1”), may also have a second title “Group A”, in orderto build, into the collaborative specification page by that name, allthe results from the employees in the group. Therefore, collaborativespecification page titled “Group A” may show the collective performanceof the group (from the HR office performance tests); and the statisticsprovided by profiles linked by the users (e.g. the average ages of thepeople in the group, their origin, their marital status and other). Aschematic for this application example is provided in FIG. 9 f.

[iframe]

Additionally, application server 13 may provide third party web pages,web feeds, blogs, social networks or other distribution platforms withspecification lists (either particular lists or collaborative pages) asa simplified exemplary interface (from that of FIG. 8) to be includedwithin, for example, as an HTML iframe. This last may be inserted asembedded code to load the linked proper user specification list orcollaborative specification page within each distribution platform.

[Of Ads and Commercial Accounts]

In one embodiment, application server 13 may, for example, provide someusers with commercial accounts. Users holding commercial accounts withthe system 10 may advertise within their specification lists and orthose of other users and or within collaborative specification pages oftheir target. Furthermore, these commercial account users may alsoadvertise by promoting the contents of the entry lines of theirspecification lists within the collaborative specification pages linkedto them.

[Promotion]

In one embodiment, commercial account users may promote theirspecification lists or their linked collaborative specification pages bysending system (or web) messages and or e-mails to other userssuggesting them to rate these. These last may, for example, include,respectively, the embedded list or a link to the list within the body ofthe message. Indeed, application server 13 may provide commercialaccount users with user data that may help target promotion messages.For example, commercial users may be interested in having writers(“reviewers”) of specification lists of similar products, services orothers, rate or get aware of their listed product, service or others.Moreover, commercial account users may be interested in targeting userswith different interests for products, services or others, but withspecific attributes within their lists. For example, a motorcycle brandmay want to reach young people who live in cities and commute inbicycles by targeting users with bicycle related specification listswithin their collection.

Additionally, in an embodiment, commercial account users may use device12 locations to target some users to promote lists to for review.

While certain features of the invention have been illustrated anddescribed herein, many modifications, substitutions, changes, andequivalents will now occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. It is,therefore, to be understood that the appended claims are intended tocover all such modifications and changes as fall within the true spiritof the invention.

I claim:
 1. A method for creating and managing dynamic collaborativestatistical specification pages, the method comprising: (a) receiving aplurality of specification lists from a plurality of users, eachspecification list providing at least one title and associated assetscomprising at least one of an attribute, a value, a content or acombination thereof, from a plurality of communication devices; (b)analyzing and identifying attributes, values or associated content insaid lists according to pre-stored definitions to store values in acorrect format; (c) linking and combining each received specificationlist with others into a dynamic collaborative page according to and foreach of the received titles of the specification list or the analysis ofits attributes and values; (d) updating attributes of the dynamiccollaborative page with statistically most relevant values for eachstatistically relevant identified value type, according to statisticalanalysis of the values of each attribute of the linked specificationlists; and (e) updating deviation limits from relevant values within thedynamic collaborative page, according to statistical analysis and type,in order to group the corresponding contents from linked specificationlists.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein step (c) compriseslinking and combining a plurality of received specification lists havingthe same title into said one dynamic collaborative page.
 3. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein, in step (c), in the event that aspecification list is received from a first user having a title which isnot substantially the same as the title of an existing collaborativespecification page or of a specification list received from a differentuser, comprises selecting a suggested title from the storedspecification lists and returning the suggested title to the first user.4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said suggested title istaken after searching for similar titles of existing specificationlists.
 5. The method according to claim 3, wherein said suggested titleis taken after searching existing specification lists having matchingassociated assets.
 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein saidassociated asset comprises matching attributes.
 7. The method accordingto claim 1, wherein said received specification lists are providedthrough a plurality of input interfaces including: web form input of anew list; web form input of a modification or addition to a list; inputby posting a message including attached media and specially designatedescape characters, within the message, to define list titles,attributes, values and content comments; input by rating a list or itsattributes, values or content; input through sources addressed by theuser to have the necessary to build a specification list; input throughapplication program interface functions.
 8. The method according toclaim 7, wherein said post comprise user generated posts on socialnetworks.
 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein each assetcombination within said received specification lists further includes atimestamp, a location mark of the device at the time, a rate or acomment.
 10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said values areidentified based on pre-stored definitions further comprising:quantities, numbers, amounts of currencies, physics metrics, locations,colors, contact information, step number, date and time, duration, barcodes, relative rates, text names, text descriptions, frequently askedquestions, list rating and other form of identity definitions, loaded bya system administrator.
 11. The method according to claim 1, whereinreceived specification list have more than one title, further comprisinglinking and combining such specification lists into a different dynamiccollaborative page for each title.
 12. The method according to claim 1,wherein the users have an account with the system and a user accountname; said account containing a personal user profile and privacysettings; said title of the specification list received from the usercomprising said account name; wherein said user personal profile isupdated by the user providing a specification list titled with saidaccount name.
 13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the usershave an account with the system and a user account name, said accountcontaining a personal user profile and privacy settings; said title ofthe specification list received from the user comprising said accountname; step (c) further including linking and combining a specificationlist received from a first user with the profile of a second user,according to the privacy settings in the account of the second user,into a collaborative specification page titled with the account name ofthe second user.
 14. The method according to claim 1, wherein updatingattributes of the dynamic collaborative page further comprises: (a)adding new attributes of the received lists; (b) grouping receivedvalues from attributes of the same name by type; (c) performingstatistical analysis for each value type group within said attributes,according to value type; (d) determining statistically most relevantvalues for each group type within said attributes according topredetermined thresholds for deviation and statistical weight; and (e)assigning most relevant values to the attributes of said dynamiccollaborative page.
 15. The method according to claim 1, whereinupdating deviation limits, from relevant values of said dynamiccollaborative page, is further based on statistical analysis and onpredetermined thresholds for deviation and statistical weight.
 16. Themethod according to claim 1, wherein said statistical analysis includesa cluster algorithm.
 17. The method according to claim 1, wherein step(b) includes extracting analysable information from said receivedcontent and analysing said information.
 18. The method according toclaim 17, wherein said information is media content information, saidextracting including identifying picture objects in said graphicalinformation.
 19. The method according to claim 17, wherein said contentis text or audio, said extracting including identifying wordsrepresentative of objects or actions related to said title.
 20. Themethod according to claim 1, further comprising serving and periodicallyupdating a web site interface or embedded iframe interface and providingapplication program interface functions for third party applications tobrowse, create and manage said specification lists and dynamiccollaborative pages through devices hosting a client.
 21. The methodaccording to claim 1, further comprising setting user configurations inorder to receive updates, by e-mails or web messages or applicationprogram interface functions, about a dynamic collaborative page thatusers are linked to through said received lists from users.
 22. Themethod according to claim 1, further comprising setting commercialaccount user configurations in order to promote user lists and contentsor send e-mails or web messages promoting a list to certain target userslinked to an indicated dynamic collaborative page or including selectedtitles, attributes or values within their collection of lists.
 23. Acomputer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readablestorage medium containing computer program code for creating andmanaging dynamic collaborative statistical specification pages, the codeexecuted by a processor for: (a) receiving a plurality of specificationlists from a plurality of users, each specification list providing atleast one title and associated assets comprising at least one of anattribute, a value, a content or a combination thereof, from a pluralityof communication devices; (b) analyzing and identifying attributes,values or associated content in said lists according to pre-storeddefinitions to store values in a correct format; (c) linking andcombining each received specification list with others into a dynamiccollaborative page according to and for each of the received titles ofthe specification list or the analysis of its attributes and values; (d)updating attributes of the dynamic collaborative page with statisticallymost relevant values for each statistically relevant identified valuetype, according to statistical analysis of the values of each attributeof the linked specification lists; and (e) updating deviation limitsfrom relevant values within the dynamic collaborative page, according tostatistical analysis and type, in order to group the correspondingcontents from linked specification lists.
 24. The computer programproduct of claim 23, wherein step (c) comprises linking and combining aplurality of received specification lists having the same title intosaid one dynamic collaborative page.
 25. The computer program product ofclaim 23, wherein, in step (c), in the event that a specification listis received from a first user having a title which is not substantiallythe same as the title of an existing collaborative specification page orof a specification list received from a different user, comprisesselecting a suggested title from the stored specification lists andreturning the suggested title to the first user.
 26. The computerprogram product of claim 25, wherein said suggested title is taken aftersearching for similar titles of existing specification lists.
 27. Thecomputer program product of claim 25, wherein said suggested title istaken after searching existing specification lists having matchingassociated assets.
 28. The computer program product of claim 27, whereinsaid associated asset comprises matching attributes.
 29. The computerprogram product of claim 23, wherein said received specification listsare provided through a plurality of input interfaces including: web forminput of a new list; web form input of a modification or addition to alist; input by posting a message including attached media and speciallydesignated escape characters, within the message, to define list titles,attributes, values and content comments; input by rating a list or itsattributes, values or content; input through sources addressed by theuser to have the necessary to build a specification list; input throughapplication program interface functions.
 30. The computer programproduct of claim 29, wherein said post comprise user generated posts onsocial networks.
 31. The computer program product of claim 23, whereineach asset combination within said received specification lists furtherincludes a timestamp, a location mark of the device at the time, a rateor a comment.
 32. The computer program product of claim 23, whereinvalues are identified based on pre-stored definitions furthercomprising: quantities, numbers, amounts of currencies, physics metrics,locations, colors, contact information, step number, date and time,duration, bar codes, relative rates, text names, text descriptions,frequently asked questions, list rating and other form of identitydefinitions, loaded by a system administrator.
 33. The computer programproduct of claim 23, wherein received specification list have more thanone title, further comprising linking and combining such specificationlists into a different dynamic collaborative page for each title. 34.The computer program product of claim 23, wherein the users have anaccount with the system and a user account name; said account containinga personal user profile and privacy settings; said title of thespecification list received from the user comprising said account name;wherein said user personal profile is updated by the user providing aspecification list titled with said account name.
 35. The computerprogram product of claim 23, wherein the users have an account with thesystem and a user account name, said account containing a personal userprofile and privacy settings; said title of the specification listreceived from the user comprising said account name; step (c) furtherincluding linking and combining a specification list received from afirst user with the profile of a second user, according to the privacysettings in the account of the second user, into a collaborativespecification page titled with the account name of the second user. 36.The computer program product of claim 23, wherein updating attributes ofthe dynamic collaborative page further comprises: (a) adding newattributes of the received lists; (b) grouping received values fromattributes of the same name by type; (c) performing statistical analysisfor each value type group within said attributes, according to valuetype; (d) determining statistically most relevant values for each grouptype within said attributes according to predetermined thresholds fordeviation and statistical weight; and (e) assigning most relevant valuesto the attributes of said dynamic collaborative page.
 37. The computerprogram product of claim 23, wherein updating deviation limits, fromrelevant values of said dynamic collaborative page, is further based onstatistical analysis and predetermined thresholds for deviation andstatistical weight.
 38. The computer program product of claim 23,wherein said statistical analysis includes a cluster algorithm.
 39. Thecomputer program product of claim 23, wherein step (b) includesextracting analysable information from said received content andanalysing said information.
 40. The computer program product of claim23, further comprising serving and periodically updating a web siteinterface or embedded iframe interface and providing application programinterface functions for third party applications to browse, create andmanage said specification lists and dynamic collaborative pages throughdevices hosting a client.
 41. The computer program product of claim 23,further comprising setting user configurations in order to receiveupdates, by e-mails or web messages or application program interfacefunctions, about a dynamic collaborative page that users are linked tothrough said received lists from users.
 42. The computer program productof claim 23, further comprising setting commercial account userconfigurations in order to promote user lists and contents or sende-mails or web messages promoting a list to certain target users linkedto an indicated dynamic collaborative page or including selected titles,attributes or values within their collection of lists.
 43. A system forcreating and managing dynamic collaborative statistical specificationpages, the system comprising: a network such as the internet, aplurality of user communication devices and an application server;connected between and to said user communication devices through saidnetwork, said system configured to: (a) receiving a plurality ofspecification lists from a plurality of users, each specification listproviding at least one title and associated assets comprising at leastone of an attribute, a value, a content or a combination thereof, from aplurality of communication devices; (b) analyzing and identifyingattributes, values or associated content in said lists according topre-stored definitions to store values in a correct format; (c) linkingand combining each received specification list with others into adynamic collaborative page according to and for each of the receivedtitles of the specification list or the analysis of its attributes andvalues; (d) updating attributes of the dynamic collaborative page withstatistically most relevant values for each statistically relevantidentified value type, according to statistical analysis of the valuesof each attribute of the linked specification lists; and (e) updatingdeviation limits from relevant values within the dynamic collaborativepage, according to statistical analysis and type, in order to group thecorresponding contents from linked specification lists.
 44. The systemof claim 43, wherein step (c) comprises linking and combining aplurality of received specification lists having the same title intosaid one dynamic collaborative page.
 45. The system of claim 43, whereinsaid received specification lists are provided through a plurality ofinput interfaces including: web form input of a new list; web form inputof a modification or addition to a list; input by posting a messageincluding attached media and specially designated escape characters,within the message, to define list titles, attributes, values andcontent comments; input by rating a list or its attributes, values orcontent; input through sources addressed by the user to have thenecessary to build a specification list; input through applicationprogram interface functions.
 46. The system of claim 45, wherein saidpost comprise user generated posts on social networks.
 47. The system ofclaim 43, wherein each asset combination within said receivedspecification lists further includes a timestamp, a location mark of thedevice at the time, a rate or a comment.
 48. The system of claim 43,wherein values are identified based on pre-stored definitions furthercomprising: quantities, numbers, amounts of currencies, physics metrics,locations, colors, contact information, step number, date and time,duration, bar codes, relative rates, text names, text descriptions,frequently asked questions, list rating and other form of identitydefinitions, loaded by a system administrator.
 49. The system of claim43, wherein received specification list have more than one title,further comprising linking and combining such specification lists into adifferent dynamic collaborative page for each title.
 50. The system ofclaim 43, wherein the users have an account with the system and a useraccount name; said account containing a personal user profile andprivacy settings; said title of the specification list received from theuser comprising said account name; wherein said user personal profile isupdated by the user providing a specification list titled with saidaccount name.
 51. The system of claim 43, wherein the users have anaccount with the system and a user account name, said account containinga personal user profile and privacy settings; said title of thespecification list received from the user comprising said account name;step (c) further including linking and combining a specification listreceived from a first user with the profile of a second user, accordingto the privacy settings in the account of the second user, into acollaborative specification page titled with the account name of thesecond user.
 52. The system of claim 43, wherein updating attributes ofthe dynamic collaborative page further comprises: (a) adding newattributes of the received lists. (b) grouping received values fromattributes of the same name by type. (c) performing statistical analysisfor each value type group within said attributes, according to valuetype. (d) determining statistically most relevant values for each grouptype within said attributes according to predetermined thresholds fordeviation and statistical weight. (e) assigning most relevant values tothe attributes of said dynamic collaborative page.
 53. The system ofclaim 43, wherein updating deviation limits, from relevant values ofsaid dynamic collaborative page, is further based on statisticalanalysis and predetermined thresholds for deviation and statisticalweight.
 54. The system of claim 43, further comprising serving andperiodically updating a web site interface or embedded iframe interfaceand providing application program interface functions for third partyapplications to browse, create and manage said specification lists anddynamic collaborative pages through devices hosting a client.
 55. Thesystem of claim 43, further comprising setting user configurations inorder to receive updates, by e-mails or web messages or applicationprogram interface functions, about a dynamic collaborative page thatusers are linked to through said received lists from users.
 56. Thesystem of claim 43, further comprising setting commercial account userconfigurations in order to promote user lists and contents or sende-mails or web messages promoting a list to certain target users linkedto an indicated dynamic collaborative page or including selected titles,attributes or values within their collection of lists.